A history dissertation stands or falls on what you do with your sources. Examiners look for an argument that enters a debate between historians and is built on primary material read critically. Esmond shows where your draft narrates instead of arguing.
See how Esmond worksThe easiest trap in history is telling the story well. Chapters follow events in order, the prose is clear, and yet there is no claim a reader could disagree with. Esmond marks the stretches where your text recounts what happened without saying what it means for your question.
It also checks whether your argument appears in the introduction and returns at the start and end of each chapter, so the reader knows what each section is meant to prove.
Examiners want to know which historians you agree with, which you challenge and what your sources add. A literature section that summarises books one by one does not show that. Esmond flags where your own position in the debate is unclear, and where a secondary work is cited for a fact that your primary material should establish.
Esmond does not visit archives or verify that a document says what you quote. It reads how the evidence functions in your argument.
You upload your draft as a PDF. Short documents come back within minutes; a full dissertation takes longer. You get two things back: your own document with comments in the margin, and a separate feedback report that sets out what to tackle first. Every upload starts with a free preview, and the price follows the length of your document and is shown before you pay. No subscription, no account.
Esmond evaluates your work and writes nothing for you. Each comment points to a passage, explains what a supervisor or examiner might question, and gives a direction for revising it. You decide what to change, and every sentence stays yours.
Esmond is preparing its launch in Ireland and is not taking orders here yet. This page explains what the review does, so you know what to expect when it opens.
No. The style is yours and your department's. Esmond looks at whether the source in a footnote supports the claim in the sentence.
Esmond reviews documents written in English. Quotations in Irish or other languages can stay in your text, but the feedback focuses on your English analysis of them.
Esmond is preparing its launch in Ireland and is not taking orders here yet. Until then you cannot upload or order anything here; the guides on this site are free to read.
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